eye

[[t]aɪ[/t]]

n. v. eyed, ey•ing eye•ing

1) anat. the organ of sight; in vertebrates, one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull, along with its associated structures

2) anat. the visible parts of this organ, as the cornea, iris, and pupil, and the surrounding eyebrows, eyelids, and eyelashes

3) anat. this organ with respect to the color of the iris:

blue eyes[/ex]

4) anat. the region surrounding the eye:

puffy eyes[/ex]

5) sight; vision:

a sharp eye[/ex]

6) the power of seeing; appreciative or discriminating visual perception:

the eye of an artist[/ex]

7) a look, glance, or gaze:

cast one's eye upon a scene[/ex]

8) an attentive look; observation:

under the eye of a guard[/ex]

9) regard, view, aim, or intention:

an eye to one's own advantage[/ex]

10) judgment; opinion:

in the eyes of the law[/ex]

11) a center; crux:

the eye of an issue[/ex]

12) clo something suggesting the eye in appearance, as the opening in the lens of a camera or a peephole

13) bot a bud, as of a potato or other tuber

14) bot a small, contrastingly colored part at the center of a flower

15) coo a usu. lean, muscular section of a cut of meat

16) orn a roundish spot, as on a tail feather of a peacock

17) clo the hole in a needle

18) a hole in a thing for the insertion of some object, as the handle of a tool:

the eye of an ax[/ex]

19) a ring through which something, as a rope or rod, is passed

20) clo the loop into which a hook is inserted

21) elo a photoelectric cell or similar device used to perform a function analogous to visual inspection

22) coo a hole formed during the maturation of cheese

23) mer the region of lighter winds and fair weather at the center of a tropical cyclone

24) naut. navig. mer the direction from which a wind is blowing

25) to look at; view:

to eye the wonders of nature[/ex]

26) to watch carefully:

eyed them with suspicion[/ex]

27) to make an eye in:

to eye a needle[/ex]

28) Obs. to appear; seem

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- be all eyes catch someone's eye give someone the eye have an eye for have eyes for keep one's eyes open lay make eyes run one's eye over see eye to eye with an eye to

Etymology: bef. 900; ME eie, ie, OE ēge, var. of ēage; c. OS ōga, OHG ouga, ON auga; akin to L oculus, Gk ṓps eye′like`, adj.